Object:
a small metal container in which to burn a few combustibles, or a small container of ashes you have prepared ahead of time
Good evening! This is Ash Wednesday. Does anybody know why
we are in church tonight? (Let them answer.) This is Ash
Wednesday and that is the first day of Lent. Lent is the forty
days before Easter, not counting the Sundays. Lent is a time for
us to remember all the events that led up to Easter. Before Jesus
could rise from the dead on Easter, he first had to die. Do you
know how Jesus died? (Let them answer.) Yes, he died on the
cross, and why did that have to happen? Why did Jesus have to die